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Friday, November 21, 2008 12:00 AM

Is it OK to be liberal again, instead of progressive?

Come out of the closet, liberals. Stop using the fashionable euphemism "progressive" and relaunch the old, tarnished L-word.
By Michael Lind

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  • Friday, November 21, 2008 12:02 PM

    There are good reasons to be ashamed of the liberal appellation

    Cowardice and hypocrisy has dogged the ethic for the duration of my lifetime, at least in the form it is practiced politically.

    I don't think progressive is a better word, but some people have adopted the word because they do not want to be associated with the endless capitulations represented by 'libersalism'.

    —omooex Read omooex's other letters

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